Contrasting styles of off-shelf sediment accumulation in new guinea

Marine Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 105-125

  Walsh, J P ^a   Nittrouer, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Papua; Nepheloid layers; New Guinea; Off shelf accumulation; Sepik River; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS;

ON-SHELF SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NEPHELOID LAYER; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHELF SEDIMENT; TURBIDITE;

CORAL SEA; GULF OF PAPUA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEPIK RIVER;

EID: 0038712154     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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